Exuberance Poem by Shalom Freedman

EXUBERANCE

There are times
When the inner feeling
Is upward
And when all we do
Seems to lift us higher and higher
A time when our whole being resonates
Strength and happiness
And we live as if
We really know what we are doing
And can be and are
Exactly what we wish to be

How strange and how wonderful
We deceive ourselves
Into feeling
Everything is alright
And only getting better

How great and good
Our Exuberance
However brief and misleading it be-